Ticket-canceler.



J. E. DUNASKYL TICKET GANGELBB. APPLICATION FILED MAY 27, 1914.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 9, 1915.

Application filed May 27, 1914. Serial No. 841,358.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, J osnrrr E. DUNASKY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ghio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Ticket-Cancelers, of which the following is a specification.

Admission to places of amusement and public conveyances is generally had by presentation of a suitably authorized ticket which is generally deposited in a receptacle, the latter being of such formation as to eX- pose both sides of the ticket and retain the same in position for observation until released and finally delivered into the predetermined container. Unauthorized possession of such tickets has resulted in material loss to the promoters of the places of amusement or to the parties or concerns operating the public conveyances.

The present invention provides means for canceling or mutilating such tickets, thereby preventing their further service or utility, and the consequent loss entailed as a result of negotiating such canceled or mutilated tickets.

In many instances, particularly when the receptacle is placed upon a public conveyance it is adapted to receive both tickets and coin, hence it becomes necessary to separate the tickets from the coin to prevent mutilation of the latter and serious injury to the canceling mechanism and for this purpose a separator has been devised and forms a part of the mechanism.

The invention consists of the novel features, details of construction and combination of parts, which hereinafter will be more particularly set forth, illustrated and claimed.

In the drawings hereto attached: Figure 1 is a sectional view of a receptacle for receiving tickets and coin equipped with canceling and separating mechanisms embody ing the invention. Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. l as seen from the reverse side. Fig. 3 is a transverse section. Fig. 4: is an enlarged horizontal section on the line mm of Fig. 1 looking upward as indicated by the arrows.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description, and indicated in all the views of the drawings, by the same reference characters.

The device comprises a box 1 which contains the operating mechanisms and is adapted to receive the tickets or coin or both. A receptacle 2 is located at the top of the box 1 and is provided at its top with an opening through which the tickets, coin, or the like are deposited. Deflectors 3 and 4 are located within the receptacle 2 for reversing the tickets or coin dropped into the receptacle so that both sides may be observed. A pair of doors 5 close the bottom of the receptacle 2 and receive the tickets or coin and hold the same until released by the person in charge of the device. Toggle links 6 connect the doors 5 and a link 7 is pivotally connected at one end to the toggle links 6, an arm 8 being pivotally connected to the opposite end of the link 7. The arm 8 is located at one end of a shaft 9 which is mounted in bearings 10 located at one side of the box 1. A coil spring 11 mounted upon the shaft 9 and having one end attached thereto and its opposite end engaging the boX normally exerts a pressure to hold the doors 5 closed. A short projection 12 at the opposite end of the shaft 9 extends into the path of a plunger 13 which operates through the top of the box 1. The plunger 13 forms a part of a lever 14: which is pivoted at 15 and is formed at its lower end with a toothed segment 16 which is in mesh with a pinion 17 at one end of a canceling roll 18. A contractile, helical spring 19 attached at one end to the lever 14 and at its opposite end to a side of the boX 1 holds the lever and plunger in a given position.

The mechanism for canceling or mutilating the tickets consists of two rolls 18 which are of like formation, such rolls being located side by side in position to receive the tickets between them. The surfaces of the rolls 18 are formed with matching annular cutting edges of V-shape which serve to cut and otherwise mutilate the tickets to prevent further service thereof. The upper surfaces of the rolls travel inward and downward, thereby insuring the passage of the tickets between such rolls. Gear wheels 20 are formed at corresponding ends of the rolls and their teeth mesh. The pinion 17 is located at the end of the rolls that provide it with the gear wheels 20. Deflectors 21 and 22 are located above the rolls 18 and serve to direct the tickets into the space formed between the rolls 18. The deflector 21 is attached to a side of the box 1 whereby the deflector 22 is located at the upper end of a partition 23 which is spaced from the opposite side of the box. Ihe deflector 22 overhangs the inner canceling roll and terminates at a point to prevent any coin entering the space formed between the deflectors 21 and 22 and passing between the canceling rolls. The space 2% formed between the partition 23 and the proximal side of the box 1 consists of a chute through which the coin passes into the prearranged receiver.

To insure a proper separation of the tickets and coin and a delivery of such tickets into the space formed between the deflectors 21 and 22 means have been provided for delivering a blast of air across the lower end of the receptacle 2 so that coin and tickets dropped from the receptacle 2are subjected to such blast of air, the strength of which is suflicient to carry the tickets over the deflector 22 and against the side of the box having the deflector 21 attached thereto with the result that the tickets descend into the space formed between the deflectors 21 and 22 and pass between the canceling rolls 18. However, the blast of air is not suflicient to carry coin over the deflector 22, hence such coin drops upon the deflector 22 and is directed into the chute 24 and finally lodges in the receiver. The blast of air is supplied by means of a tube 25 which may connect with a tank or other source of compressed air. A nozzle 26 is connected at one end with the upper end of the tube 25 and extends transversely beneath the top of the box 1 at one side of the receptacle 2, such nozzle being flat and tapering throughout its length to insure a delivery of the air in a sheet, whereby the tickets dropping from the receptacle 2 are carried over the deflector 22 and caused to discharge into the space formed between the deflectors 21 and 22 so as to pass between the canceling rolls 18.

In the operation of the invention tickets and coin dropped into the receptacle 2 are received upon the doors 5 and are discharged by pressing upon the plunger 13. The first movement of the plunger 13 causes the doors 5 to swing open and the article resting thereon drops. If such article he a ticket it is blown laterally by the blast of air from the nozzle 26 and passes into the space formed between the deflectors 21 and 22, thence between the canceling rolls 18, and is canceled or mutilated in its passage between such rolls. A continued movement of the plunger 13 after opening the doors 5 and discharging the article resting thereon imparts a rotary movement to the canceling rolls whereby the ticket is caused to pass between such canceling rolls and rendered unfit for further negotiation or service. If the article dropped from the doors 5 be a coin it is received upon the deflector 22 and directed into the chute 2% through which it passes into the proper receiver. 7

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the advantages of the construction and of the method of operation will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art to which the invention appertains, and while I have described the principle of operation of the invention, together with the device which I now consider to be the best embodiment thereof, I desire to have it understood that the device shown is merely illustrative, and that such changes may be made when desired as are within the scope of the invention as claimed.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. In means for receiving tickets and coin and comprising separate compartments" for each, a canceling mechanism located in the ticket receiving compartment, deflectors arranged to direct the tickets to the canceling mechanism and away from the coin receiving compartment and means for delivering a blast of air across the coin receiving compartment to prevent any of the tickets ontering such compartment.

2. In a device of the character specified adapted to receive coin and tickets and provided with separate compartments for each, a canceling mechanism located in the ticket receiving compartment, a deflector arranged to direct the coin into the coin receiving.

JOSEPH E. DUNASKY.

Witnesses: 1

C. F. FAULHABER, J ULIUS KRYSKO.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0." 

